Winter herb gardening

Indoor herb gardens are a great way to extend the growing season and spice up culinary dishes. Choosing individual pots for herbs help control the moisture needs of particular plants. Most herbs like to be well watered, but also have good drainage. We recommend using an organic fertilizer high in nitrogen, such as Age Old Grow liquid fertilizer or Grow More Herb Food. Also, follow these tips for growing and harvesting your herbs:

Rosemary grows best from a nursery starter plant. This Mediterranean herb appreciates very good drainage, and allowing the soil dry between waterings. Harvest Rosemary continuously as long as the plant is growing. Container plants can grow 1 to 3 feet tall.

Parsley is an excellent addition to most recipes, it’s rich in vitamins A and C and minerals calcium and iron. You can plant parsley from seed, and harvest as soon as it is well established. Snip individual stems from the plant and it will produce new growth.

Oregano is best harvested once it reaches 8 inches tall. Frequent harvests produce a bushier plant. Oregano has a very strong flavor when fresh, add a little at a time to taste.

Seasonal Tips for Winter

Extreme temperature changes over short periods of time during winter months can leave evergreen trees looking a little yellow and sad. There are a number of different reasons an evergreen tree might be turning yellow/brown and/or dropping needles this time of year. Sometimes it’s perfectly healthy, other times it’s not. How do you tell the difference, […]

Winter Tips

Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) are a great way to bring some magnificent color indoors during the gray winter months. Although they naturally bloom in the Spring, many are ‘forced’ to bloom around the holidays, making them popular holiday plants with their large, showy, log-lasting blooms. Their distinctive lily-like blossoms sit, often in clusters of up to four […]